2026-04-21 Board Meeting Minutes [Preliminary]

DMS BoD would like to recognize the Steamroller leadership group. Megan, Paul, Mikael, and Astrud.
DMS BoD would like to recognize Martin Schneider for printing for May’s Event at the Zoo
DMS BoD would like to recognize the Glass Dress Bead Making Crew and the whole Team
DMS BoD would like to recognize Ian, Kalai, Mike, and Jake for the Purple Room rework.
DMS BoD would like to recognize the Greg and the Storage Team for the Woodshop area storage
DMS BoD would like to recognize Gena for teaching PR and Marketing classes to get more people involved and helping.
DMS BoD would like to recognize Eve for signs and tours and a lot of cool stuff, including teaching and other things
DMS BoD would like to recognize Quy for the work in Vector

New Business

Submitted By	Agenda Item Title	Problem	Solution	Relevance	Pulled from Consent	Moved By	Seconded By	For	Against	Abstain
Max Locke	Expansion of Honorarium Minimum Exemptions	Certain Classes By Their Nature May Have Difficulty Meeting the Honorarium Minimum	Rules and Policies Under Honorarium Payment Policies Point 4 Add sub-point b. Upon request by the appropriate Officer, the Board may approve an exception for this class attendance minimum if the 1) class is important to the operations and/or growth of DMS, 2) classes are needed on a routine basis and this routine may limit the classes ability to meet the minimum attendance. Motion to: formally add sub-point B, as outlined above Add "New Teacher Orientation," and "New Tour Guide Orientation" to list of approved classes under sub-point b, which currently includes "New Member Orientation"	Need New Orientation and New Tour Guide Orientation Teachers	no	Max Locke	Megan Murray	kev, Samuel Mitchell
Max Locke	Up Honorarium Class Maximum to 8 Classes/Month	Some teachers that teach critical classes are bumping up against this minimum	Rules and Policies Under Honorarium Payment Policies Point 2 Motion to modify Point 2 to be: Honorarium payments will be limited to eight (8) per teacher, per month. This class limit will be periodically reviewed and adjusted by the Board of Directors.	We need these classes taught and can't expect the teachers to do without honorarium	no	Max Locke	Megan Murray	Samuel Mitchell

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Problem

Solution

Relevance

Pulled from Consent

Moved By

Seconded By

For

Against

Abstain

Max Locke

Expansion of Honorarium Minimum Exemptions

Certain Classes By Their Nature May Have Difficulty Meeting the Honorarium Minimum

Rules and Policies

Under Honorarium Payment Policies

Point 4

Add sub-point b. Upon request by the appropriate Officer, the Board may approve an exception for this class attendance minimum if the 1) class is important to the operations and/or growth of DMS, 2) classes are needed on a routine basis and this routine may limit the classes ability to meet the minimum attendance.

Motion to:

formally add sub-point B, as outlined above

Add "New Teacher Orientation," and "New Tour Guide Orientation" to list of approved classes under sub-point b, which currently includes "New Member Orientation"

Need New Orientation and New Tour Guide Orientation Teachers

Max Locke

Megan Murray

kev, Samuel Mitchell

Max Locke

Up Honorarium Class Maximum to 8 Classes/Month

Some teachers that teach critical classes are bumping up against this minimum

Rules and Policies

Under Honorarium Payment Policies

Point 2

Motion to modify Point 2 to be:

Honorarium payments will be limited to eight (8) per teacher, per month. This class limit will be periodically reviewed and adjusted by the Board of Directors.

We need these classes taught and can't expect the teachers to do without honorarium

Max Locke

Megan Murray

Samuel Mitchell


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Emergency Business

Ian provided the RDRC report for HVAC maintenance.

MOTION: MAX

Second: Megan

Vote: Max, Megan, Sam, Kevin. (Greg Absent)

Motion: Motion to approve $6955 for HVAC maintenance.

Motion to Move to Closed Session

MOTION: MAX, 2nd: Megan.

Vote: Max, Megan, Sam, Kevin. (Greg Absent)

Next Meeting

24 Apr 2026

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